Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Fulton County	73.9	73.4	82	25.7	73.6	92.3
2	Sullivan County	72.4	72.7	82.8	25.7	68	89.3
3	Clarion County	71.7	75	83.1	23	70	70
4	Montour County	71.6	73.3	74	31	75.8	85.4
5	Huntingdon County	71.3	76.6	82.3	26.1	73.6	49.8
6	Forest County	70.7	73.1	86.6	16.1	62.2	80.1
7	Potter County	70.4	66.3	83.7	22.5	72.4	71.9
8	Elk County	70.2	65.4	85.8	25.2	74.4	54.8
9	Bedford County	70	79.4	83.3	22.8	71.3	31.8
10	Juniata County	69.5	72.7	82.5	25.1	66.5	61.2
11	Jefferson County	68.4	70.9	84.8	20.5	68.7	42.1
12	Susquehanna County	68.3	70	79.2	27.1	73.2	46.4
13	Cameron County	68.2	55.4	86.9	14.5	67.7	87.4
14	Snyder County	68.2	69.4	78.8	28.1	73.9	45.7
15	Greene County	68	65.9	83.5	27	71	44.9
16	Somerset County	68	71.1	83.6	22.2	70.1	35.8
17	Venango County	67.9	65.2	84.4	23.6	71.4	44.4
18	Clinton County	67.7	70.1	80.4	21.8	70.3	48.2
19	Tioga County	67.6	68.8	81.4	24.5	71.5	40.2
20	Butler County	67.5	72.2	72.7	40	80.8	20.7
21	Columbia County	67.5	70.3	79.1	23.9	73.6	38
22	Clearfield County	67.2	68.8	82.9	22.7	71	32.9
23	Wyoming County	67.1	64.5	77.2	29.3	73	55.2
24	Union County	66.8	68.6	75.3	31	73.1	44.8
25	Warren County	66.8	63.2	85	21.9	72	34.5
26	Bradford County	66.7	69.7	80.2	24.2	73	26.9
27	Cambria County	66.3	66.2	84.7	20.1	71.7	23.6
28	Perry County	66.3	67.2	75.4	34.8	70.2	46.9
29	McKean County	66.1	56.2	84.1	23.7	72.6	46.2
30	Northumberland County	66.1	69.3	82.4	21.2	71.3	20.8
31	Washington County	66.1	71.1	76.4	34	74.4	16.9
32	Blair County	65.9	71.6	80.1	22.9	70	22.3
33	Westmoreland County	65.9	66.2	78.7	30.7	78.1	12.2
34	Mercer County	65.6	66.7	82.2	23	71.2	22.3
35	Centre County	65.4	72.3	67.6	30.9	78.2	32
36	Wayne County	65.4	66.7	76.1	24	70.9	43.7
37	Armstrong County	65.3	60.5	82.9	25.4	71.5	30.7
38	Fayette County	65	68.7	83.2	20	67.6	17.8
39	Lawrence County	64.9	61.5	81.3	23.1	70.6	33.9
40	Indiana County	64.8	58.3	82.8	21.7	71	36.3
41	Beaver County	64.7	61.8	77.6	29.2	75.5	24.7
42	Franklin County	64	70.9	71.1	32.3	71.5	23.6
43	Lycoming County	63.9	64.2	76.8	25.4	73.6	20.4
44	Crawford County	63.6	61.1	82.4	22.7	67.9	24
45	Carbon County	63.5	60	75	27.7	71.3	40.6
46	Cumberland County	63.4	68.1	67	39.3	78.6	13.8
47	Adams County	63.2	63.1	68.5	36.3	75.6	32.5
48	Mifflin County	62.7	58.4	82	23.5	65	30.7
49	Schuylkill County	62.5	59.3	80.8	27.1	68.9	14.7
50	Lebanon County	61.9	62.9	71.5	33.2	71.4	20.1
51	Erie County	61.7	56.6	78.7	23.5	72.1	15.9
52	Pike County	61.7	63	62.9	35.2	77	34.1
53	Lackawanna County	61	59.2	74.7	25.6	73.3	10.1
54	Luzerne County	60.4	59.2	76.3	24.1	69.9	8.4
55	Allegheny County	60.2	58.2	70.6	33.3	76.8	1.9
56	Philadelphia County	60.1	78.6	67.4	23	64.2	0.4
57	Dauphin County	59.7	62.1	68.6	31.8	71.8	8.9
58	York County	59	55	67.1	37.1	76.1	9.6
59	Lancaster County	58.5	62.6	64.7	38	70.7	5
60	Northampton County	58.2	55.8	62.4	40	77.1	10
61	Chester County	58.1	64.6	46	63.7	82.4	8.1
62	Bucks County	57.8	63.4	51.7	56.4	78.3	5.2
63	Montgomery County	57.7	62.6	49.7	56.2	82	3.2
64	Berks County	57.4	52.5	67.7	34.1	73.2	7.3
65	Lehigh County	56.2	55.5	62.5	34	72.5	6.1
66	Monroe County	56.1	50.6	62.7	37.2	73	14.9
67	Delaware County	55	46.5	59.3	41.2	78.3	7.1

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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